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A new and shiny gun control collation and ongoing discussion thread.
When it comes to shooty rants, we just can't keep it in our pants. So general argument goes here, to keep our other threads more clear.
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 32 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:48 09.05.07
Historical reasons for the US/Europe split on gun control
Is the difference in views on gun control a result of the histories of the respective cultures? Could this explain other cultural differences as well?
:: STARTED BY lord henry strikes back
:: 33 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:05 03.05.07
Is civil war now impossible in European nations?
Do the populations of Europe now lack the power to rise up militarily against their governments?
:: STARTED BY lord henry strikes back
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:43 27.04.07
What do you mean by sustainable?
How do you define sustainable? What are you aiming for? Embodied energy, emergy, footprints, needs, fair shares, aspiration, realistic goals, permaculture, future, David Holmgren.
:: STARTED BY Saturn's nod
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:19 25.04.07
Blair, Race and the Blame Game
A thread about Blair's recent claim that, as the Guardian puts it, 'the spate of knife and gun murders in London was not being caused by poverty, but a distinctive black culture'.
:: STARTED BY Glenn Close But No Cigar
:: 25 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:00 21.04.07
The Death of Roe V. Wade
With the likely confirmation of John J. Roberts to the Supreme Court, and the continuing erosion of a woman's right to choose, can abortion rights in America be saved?
:: STARTED BY Cherielabombe
:: 62 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:58 20.04.07
Patenting other people's culture
UK clothing firm steals traditional Kenyan textile and tries to patent it. Keywords: cultural appropriation, intellectual property rights, colonialism, bastardry.
:: STARTED BY *
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:39 18.04.07
Bullying
Bullying, at school or elsewhere, solutions such as restorative justice.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:58 13.04.07
Widening the debate or disrespectful shock tactic?
The abortion debate has a new sideshow opening up at a campus near you. Is it appropriate or over the top?
:: STARTED BY Ticker
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:51 11.04.07
A thread about the captured British sailors
Iran, UK, detention, globabl situation, diplomacy
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:34 05.04.07
David Miliband V Gordon Brown.
Could David Miliband successfully run against Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership? Should he try?
:: STARTED BY Alex's Grandma
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:14 02.04.07
Big Tony to tackle 'menace' children
No, not physically. Tony thinks he can see into children's minds and predict who will wear hoodies and happy-slap his nanny. Trust him, he's a superhero, he's our Big Bliar.
:: STARTED BY paranoidwriter waves hello
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:03 01.04.07
Mission Accomplished? Iraq 4 Years Later...
The 'end' of the current war in Iraq.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:46 29.03.07
Budget day in the UK
A discussion of Gordon Brown's (probably) last budget. What's good, what's bad, what caught your eye?
:: STARTED BY lord henry strikes back
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:09 28.03.07
The New Bedford MA Raids
Immigrant raids in New Bedford, MA on March 6th 2007.
:: STARTED BY *
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:27 22.03.07
Thinly veiled
Jack Straw identified the Muslim veil as a "visible statement of separation" last week - and began asking members of his constituency to remove it.
:: STARTED BY JOY NO WRY
:: 153 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:47 20.03.07
Marketing, Movements and Nations - Palestine, Hamas and Israel
A quick move between Hamas, Al Qaeda, Palestine and Israel elsewhere feess into some first thoughts on the marketing of the activities of the various players in Israel and the Occupied Territories.
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:57 19.03.07
The Kids Are United. In Despair.
A UNICEF study shows UK children are worse off than children in other developed nations in nearly every way possible. What are we doing wrong?
:: STARTED BY Phex: Dorset Doom
:: 32 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:15 19.03.07
White Riot
A neighborhood in Utrecht is exploding, apparently, after a non-immigrant citizen is shot by a policewoman of Moroccan descent.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:51 17.03.07
Random Political Q&A
Answering any questions, stupid or otherwise, about political history, global politics, and activism. Who was Karl Marx? How do you get permits for a peace march? Why did Nixon resign? Where was Katanga?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 47 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:40 16.03.07
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Confessions of an Al Qaeda Operative
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a captured Al Qaeda operative now under military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, has confessed to a significant role in virtually every major Al Qaeda strike. Is anyone else just a little bit suspicious?
:: STARTED BY feathered_up
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:34 16.03.07
US States trying to restrict the 'net
About how Connecticut and other states are trying to "save" people from "child molesters" by nannying the planet.
:: STARTED BY HeartShadow
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:00 13.03.07
Anarchy!
Whats it all about? Where can I find out? Also- anecdotes!
:: STARTED BY StarWhisper
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:26 06.03.07
Illegal Immigration and borders
Discussion of borders and immigration, legal and otherwise, migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers and the cultural changes and challenges they present. How much immigration is too much, and should borders be policed?
:: STARTED BY Dragon
:: 268 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:44 27.02.07
U S Presidential Elections '08
Because CNN won’t shut up about them.
:: STARTED BY Spyder Todd 2008
:: 30 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:49 20.02.07
The City of Boston and the U.S. Feds freak out over a viral cartoon marketing displays
Turner Broadcasting, Adult Swim, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and scary LED images of cartoon figures.
:: STARTED BY Ticker
:: 48 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:23 10.02.07
Letter Bombing Campaign in the UK
Letter bombs sent to various locations, several in the past few weeks.
:: STARTED BY STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:13 09.02.07
Transition culture - from this kind of civilisation towards a sustainable one
Collective action by urban people to plan the future of towns, securing basic infrastructure and supplies beyond dependence on fossil fuels. Are you involved already? What would be the next step towards this kind of thing happening where you are?
:: STARTED BY Saturn's nod
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:34 09.02.07
Blue on Blue
friendly fire incidents, blue on blue, US soldiers and the accountability of individual soldiers for their role in inccidents of friendly fire deaths, Trooper Hull
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:49 08.02.07
Rendition
Extra-ordinary rendition, CIA prisons abroad, "unlawful inter-state transfers" and the media response to the subject.
:: STARTED BY Tryphena Absent
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:14 02.02.07
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